Virginia
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin Virginia, feminine form of Virginius or Verginius, a Roman family name, possibly identical with Vergilius. The state was named for Elizabeth I as the Virgin Queen.
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Virginia
- A state of the United States of America. Capital: Richmond. Largest city: Virginia Beach.
- A female given name.
- 1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Physician's Prologue and Tale
- "Daughter," quoth he, "Virginia by thy name, / There be two wayes, either death or shame, / That thou must suffer, - alas that I was bore!
- 1840 Frederick Marryat, Poor Jack, Chapter III,
- Here, in due time, she was brought to bed of a daughter, whom she christened by the name of Virginia; not so much out of respect to her last mistress, who bore that name, as because she considered it peculiarly ladylike and genteel.
- 1854 Lydia Howard Sigourney, The Western Home, and Other Poems, Parry & McMillan, 1854, page 87 ,
- O sweet Virginia Dare! / Thou art the lily of our love, / The forest's sylph-like queen, / The first-born bud from Saxon stem / That this New World hath seen!
- 1956 Charlotte Armstrong, A Dram of Poison, Coward-McCann, pages 164-165:
- She said her name was Virginia Severson. It suited her. She looked very virginal, and clean, calm, cool in a Scandinavian sort of way.
- 1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Physician's Prologue and Tale
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state
female given name
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Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From virgō (“maiden, virgin”).
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Virginia (genitive Virginiae); f, first declension
- A feminine praenomen.
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Spanish [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Virginia f
- Virginia (state)
- A female given name, cognate to English Virginia.
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See also [edit]
Virginia on the Spanish Wikipedia.es.Wikipedia
